Evans is not a superb defensive centre, that is a myth... he doesn't have the rugby intelligence required to be a great defensive centre. He is strong and fast, so if someone runs straight at him he will tackle them, but he missed a lot of tackles last season because he struggles to make decisions with things like numbering up or when players are running good lines.

Gidley is nearly 35, I am not basing my current judgement on how well or otherwise he played in the NRL... he hasn't been good enough to be a starting nrl fullback for quite a few years.. and yes in attack he didn't do much against Brisbane.

Just because we won the game, doesn't mean everyone was brilliant.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

I would have Gidley at 1 with Johnson as his understudy. Never ever have Russell at 1.

I would have Ratchford at right centre with King as his understudy.

I would have Russell and Penny fighting it out for a wing spot. Here is my back line:

1 Gidley
2 Penny
3 Ratchford
4 Atkins
5 Lineham
6 Brown
7 Patton

Some good experience, guile, power and pace there.

Iv been calling for Ratch at centre a good couple of years now. I would love to see the above going forward.

You will have a pint MF whilst Ron will just have a half I suspect....only kidding Ron

This.

Ratchford too creative to leave out of the team and looked good at centre in 2012.